New Bedford, Pennsylvania

41°5′50″N 80°30′17″W / 41.09722°N 80.50472°W / 41.09722; -80.50472CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyLawrence CountyTownshipPulaskiArea • Total2.56 sq mi (6.62 km²) • Land2.55 sq mi (6.61 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km²)Elevation1,145 ft (349 m)Population • Total857 • Density335.82/sq mi (129.66/km²)Time zoneUTC-4 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (EDT)Area code724FIPS code42-53192GNIS feature ID1193012

New Bedford is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 925 at the 2010 census.^[3]

Geography

New Bedford is located in the northwestern corner of Lawrence County at 41°5′50″N 80°30′17″W / 41.09722°N 80.50472°W / 41.09722; -80.50472 (41.0975, -80.5051),^[4] in western Pulaski Township. The western edge of the CDP is the Ohio state line.

U.S. Route 422 (Ben Franklin Parkway) forms the southern edge of the CDP; the highway leads southeastward 10 miles (16 km) to New Castle, the Lawrence county seat, and west 8 miles (13 km) to Youngstown, Ohio. Pennsylvania Route 208 passes through the center of New Bedford, leading east 4 miles (6 km) to the village of Pulaski and Interstate 376.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the New Bedford CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.6 km²), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km²), or 0.14%, are water.^[5] Waters in the community drain northeastward to Deer Creek, an eastward-flowing tributary of the Shenango River, except for the southwesternmost part of the CDP, which drains south to Coffee Run, a tributary of the Mahoning River.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	857		—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

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